Understanding the behaviors of autistic children, with Barry Prizant
A talk with Barry Prizant (barryprizant.com), author of the influential book Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism, and co-host of the Uniquely Human podcast. The focus is on understanding ...
30 Jun 20231h 8min
How do anxious behaviors affect a job interview?, with Simonne Mastrella
A talk with Simonne Mastrella, author of the research paper "Acting Anxious: The Impact of Candidates' Anxious Nonverbal Behavior on Interview Performance Ratings." Topics discussed include: the desig...
22 Jun 202327min
Democracy is difficult and contains the seeds of its destruction | A talk with Robert Talisse
A talk with political theorist Robert Talisse, author of "Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe To The Other Side," which is one of the best book about American polarization I've read. We talk about: the ...
10 Jun 20231h 7min
Analyzing behavior in aviation security and other risk-assessment scenarios
Aviation security professional Philip Baum talks about analyzing behavior for aviation security and risk assessment purposes, and for security purposes in general. Topics discussed include: looking fo...
31 Mai 202357min
Poker tells in a World Series of Poker Ladies Event hand, with Lara Eisenberg
A talk with poker player Lara Eisenberg, who won the 2021 World Series of Poker Ladies Event, and who cashed in a 2022 World Poker Tour event for $481,000. Topics we talk about include: how her though...
13 Mai 202331min
The illusions and deceptions in our memory and sense of self
A talk with social psychologist Anne Wilson about memory and how we define who we are. Topics discussed include: the nature of self; the nature of memory; the fallibility of our memories; the theory o...
3 Mai 202349min
My book Defusing American Anger, about U.S. polarization, is published
Some updates about: the release of my Defusing American Anger book (available at www.american-anger.com); some depolarization-aimed videos I put on YouTube; and my upcoming interview with Robert Talis...
20 Apr 20233min
The stress and social isolation of leaving one's cult, with Calvin Wayman
Calvin Wayman was raised in a fundamentalist Mormon cult, with four mothers and 44 siblings. This world was everything he had known. At the age of 30, he left that world, and was effectively on his ow...
11 Apr 20231h 3min
